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NHC AL091916 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1916

September 4, 1916 – September 7, 1916

Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1916 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 52 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 190 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1916 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1916 (AL091916) from September 4, 1916 to September 7, 1916; its peak was 52 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 6 at 52 mph (tropical storm), 5 miles from Supply, NC. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 190 US cities, in 2 states, most in North Carolina (162). The strongest pass was 52 mph (tropical storm) 6 miles from Shallotte, NC; the centre came closest to Atkinson, NC, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

52 mph

Cities within 75 mi
190
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
2
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Cities Unnamed 1916 storm passed near, strongest first

North Carolina (162)

and 102 more

South Carolina (28)

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About this record

The track is the National Hurricane Center's best-track record, revised after the season with every observation available. Strength at a city is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, not the wind that city measured.